Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, she gazed down into the abyss-like darkness, a wicked smile playing on her lips.

"Got you."

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boom!

in the dark.

The girl opened her blue eyes, which were as blue as the sea and sky. Layers of azure spiritual energy surged into her eyes, and in an instant, the world in front of her turned into light, and all the darkness vanished at this moment.

Instead, there is a broad perspective.

A subtle tremor came from above my head, and my two little paws were moving around a little uneasy.

Zhang Ruoxue didn't say anything, but instead picked up Zhang Xiaohan from above and found that its body was extremely cold.

Speaking of which...

She exhaled a breath, watching the water vapor condense into snow-white mist as soon as she spoke, her brows furrowing slightly.

Since her right arm was no longer a human arm, but rather the right arm that Yun Ping'an had covered with ten thousand years of ice, she no longer felt much of the cold.

However, Zhang Xiaohan is a little different; this little dog is quite afraid of the cold.

It's probably because there isn't much fur yet.

Since she didn't know any magic to keep warm, Zhang Ruoxue had no choice but to hold Xiao Han in her arms and use her own body heat to temporarily help Xiao Han resist the cold.

"Speaking of which... this place is really eerie..."

Zhang Ruoxue looked around at the cave, which was anything but normal—

The four stone walls were not naturally formed, but rather seemed to be man-made. Moreover, the stones were piled up illogically, as if they were randomly placed. The ground underfoot was a bright red, like blood, and a strong smell of blood emanated from it.

Moreover, there seemed to be an even stronger smell of blood in the distance, and at the farthest point of vision, there seemed to be viscous liquid that had not yet dried.

Blood……?

Zhang Xiaohan was already considering retreating, knowing that blood in such a place was not a good sign.

especially……

It could already smell the monster.

Deep within this cave, there is a high possibility that an unknown monster exists.

"Wang..."

Xiao Han let out a low, wary growl, seemingly wanting Zhang Ruoxue to turn around in time.

Zhang Ruoxue didn't take Zhang Xiaohan's growling to heart. Since she couldn't understand dog language, she just assumed that Zhang Xiaohan was using this method to keep warm because he was cold.

Of course, Zhang Ruoxue wasn't an idiot. She knew there might be danger in this kind of place, so she activated her internal energy early on, keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings.

As time went by, Zhang Ruoxue carried Zhang Xiaohan and slowly moved into the cave. The stench of blood around them grew stronger and stronger. The closer they got to the bottomless cave, the colder and more eerie it became.

drop……

The sound of dripping water.

Zhang Ruoxue looked in surprise in the direction from which the sound came, only to find that it was not a water droplet.

Instead, it was a drop of blood...

The crimson liquid dripping from above made Zhang Ruoxue involuntarily look up, and then she saw the owner of the blood droplets.

That was a monster...

It was a monster that was already dead, its thin body torn open, its head ripped in two by claws, and it was as dead as could be.

Faced with this bloody scene, most girls would probably scream out loud.

Zhang Ruoxue narrowed her eyes, noticing that the monster's arm seemed to have been bitten off by something.

This reminded her of her habit of sometimes putting away delicious food and taking a bite whenever she had a spare moment.

So that's how it is, this monster is food...

So, in other words...

With this self-evident thought in mind, Zhang Ruoxue took a few more steps forward, and sure enough, she saw a scene that resembled hell—

Like stored grain, countless monsters were suspended from the shimmering top. The corpses of these monsters had bite marks on various parts of their bodies. For some reason, other parts of their bodies were not torn off, but only part of their bodies were eaten.

Blood fell from the sky.

Tick-tock... tick-tock... tick-tock...

Beside the stream of blood, Zhang Ruoxue's gaze shifted with a hint of horror from the numerous demonic corpses to a patch of vibrant red on the side of the stone wall.

It was a cluster of cruciferous flowers, exactly as Zhang Ruoxue had heard from the shopkeeper—the tips of their flowers had small, translucent, blood-red amber-like tips, which looked like morning dew tinged with the color of the setting sun.

"This is... a hundred-year-old Blood Blue Root!"

Zhang Ruoxue's eyes lit up, completely ignoring the terrifying scene above her that could scare most female cultivators to death, and she rushed towards the Blood Blue Root while holding Zhang Xiaohan.

But before that—

A gust of cold wind swept in.

An unprecedented sense of crisis made Zhang Ruoxue instinctively dodge to the side, narrowly avoiding the sharp ray that fell from the sky!

That was neither a blade nor a sword's edge.

It's the tail...

Extremely sharp, like a scorpion's tail!

"Awoooooo!"

A furious roar echoed in my ears.

What followed was the terrifying pressure of the Transcendent God stage.

51. I'm not a sister-complex person at all!

The Transformation Period!

Almost exactly the same as back in Jingyuan Village, that insect-like demon in the cave of Jingyuan Village, which seemed to have been pieced together from various sources, also had the cultivation level of the Transformation God stage!

At that time, Zhang Ruoxue was no match for that monster at all, and she only managed to win by relying on Fan Luokui's superb swordsmanship.

Now, she's starting to wonder if she has a constitution that attracts monsters, since these monsters seem to appear wherever she goes...

However, there was no time for Zhang Ruoxue to continue pondering this metaphysical question, because the demon that emerged from the shadows seemed extremely hungry, revealing eyes that were exactly the same as Xu Yanliu's from the previous night—eyes like those of a starving jackal.

"This monster also..."

The moment Zhang Ruoxue saw the form of the demon, her pupils shrank sharply. Even though she had never shown any horror when she saw a large number of demon corpses, a rare and subtle look of horrification appeared on her face.

Because that monster simply didn't seem like a normal creature.

Its razor-sharp tail is raised high like a scorpion, covered by a jet-black, metallic carapace. Its torso is a large, bloated three-segmented fleshy ball, each segment connected by a metal chain-like skeleton. On either side of its body are three pairs of slender, spider-like limbs, each covered with extremely dense barbs...

As for the monster's head, it was beyond description. If you had to put it into words, it was like a forced mix of jackals, leopards, tigers, deer, and eagles. At a glance, you could see the shadows of countless creatures.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

It can even spit out a blood-red forked tongue.

Tsk tsk tsk, now we can be pretty sure that the monster in front of us is undoubtedly the Devouring Demon.

"Woof...woof woof woof! (This guy...the demonic energy on him is too heavy, it's like it just crawled out of there...)"

Zhang Xiaohan let out a low roar; the Devouring Demon in front of her gave her a very bad feeling.

That feeling of being surrounded by demonic energy was exactly like leaping out of the abyss of demons...

But the Abyss of Demons should already be...

"Xiao Han..."

Zhang Ruoxue's words interrupted Zhang Xiaohan's thoughts.

Facing this demon with the cultivation level of the Transcendent God stage, Zhang Ruoxue's expression became extremely serious. After all, it was an enemy whose cultivation level was completely superior to hers, so it was not surprising that she would show a look of great alarm.

She placed Zhang Xiaohan on her head and whispered, "Hold on tight, if a fight really breaks out, I might not be able to hold you while fighting this guy..."

"Woof! Woof? (Don't tell me you're going to fight this monster?)"

Zhang Ruoxue smiled faintly. Although she couldn't understand Xiao Han's dog language, she probably understood what Zhang Xiao Han meant.

She shook her head at this and turned her gaze to the few Blood Blue Roots not far away.

She came here to cultivate herself, not for a vacation.

These few Blood Blue Roots are important herbs for her to temper her body. Now that such an opportunity is right in front of her, how could she let it slip away?

fighting?

Indeed, if there were a chance of winning, Zhang Ruoxue wouldn't mind fighting this Devouring Demon in front of her. But the problem is that even with Ruoxue's single-minded way of thinking, she can come to a simple and clear conclusion.

—We cannot engage in direct confrontation.

The difference in their levels is too great. Even if she really wins, she'll probably lose half her life. The old rogue isn't by her side right now. If something serious happens, no one can save her.

and so……

(roar)

A deep blue flame, as profound as the ocean, suddenly surged between her palms. Zhang Ruoxue followed a martial path specializing in fist techniques, and at this moment, she had no choice but to engage in close combat with her opponent.

If you give up on your strengths, then defeat is inevitable.

The moment the foot stepped forward, immense force swept across the earth, and a delicate body shot forward like a cannonball.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

The Devourer's cunning, wolf-like eyes watched the figure charging straight at it with a mocking gaze. In its eyes, this was simply a suicidal act, but it was quite happy to see its food run right to its mouth.

The scorpion's long, hooked tail, its sharp, poisonous blade piercing the charging figure, simultaneously raised its foremost limbs, which instantly transformed into a pair of deadly scythe-like pincers at a speed visible to the naked eye, sweeping fiercely from the side.

Two giant pincers attacked from both sides simultaneously, while a scorpion tail hurtled from directly above. In what seemed like an unavoidable situation, Zhang Ruoxue made a decision in an instant.

The azure flames reformed behind her, transforming into a ghostly blue flame phantom clad in armor. The black-haired girl suddenly stopped, then twisted her right hand into a claw, grasping a ball of void in front of her.